Paglia was also a more acute critic than Bloom, because she realized that the so-called tenured radicals were not really radicals at all but apple polishing class president types, or else plain hucksters. All the real radicals had flamed out on drugs . . . Continue reading →
Get Married, Have Children (Part 2)
So far, we have considered the cultural pressure for parents not to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen 1:28), whether it comes from Malthusian theories of future scarcity, Paul Ehrlich’s theoretical “population bomb,” or Millennial and Gen Z fears about the state of . . . Continue reading →
Top Five Posts For The Week Of September 21–27, 2026
These were the top five posts for the week of September 21–27, 2026. Continue reading →
Heidelcast For September 27, 2026: Pastoral Ministry with Special Guest Rev. Scott McDermand II
In this episode of the Heidelcast, Rev. Scott McDermand joins Dr. Clark in studio to discuss pastoral ministry, particularly what Rev. McDermand has learned since graduating from seminary and then being called to shepherd God’s people at First Presbyterian Church in Bad Axe, Michigan. They discuss the character of a pastor and how Rev. McDermand’s perspective has changed and/or matured over the years. Continue reading →
Heidelcast: Superfriends Saturday: The Nature of Christ’s Humanity—Could Jesus Make Mistakes?
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss the nature of Christ’s humanity. Continue reading →
The Mountain Is Not Yet Ascended: The King And His People As The Nations Rage In Psalms 25–33 (Part 4)—Psalm 27 And The Place Of Peace
A few people at my high school really did not like me. One day in biology class, two students started throwing scissors at me. The teacher decided not to do anything, so they continued until class ended. You might imagine that this . . . Continue reading →
Nazism Was An Alternative Religion
While it was a remark [about the Jehovah’s Witnesses] that illustrated how much the leadership of the SS understood that they were running a faith-based organization, it also brought to the surface a fundamental problem Himmler faced in constructing the mentality required . . . Continue reading →
Haidt On The Advent Of The Phone-Based Childhood
The opening of smartphones to third-party apps led to fierce competition among companies large and small to create the most engaging mobile apps. The winners of this race were often those that adopted free-to-to-use, advertising-based business models because few consumers would pay . . . Continue reading →
Video: Selling Jesus—Why Witnessing Isn’t a Sales Pitch
Why do Reformed Christians get a reputation for being bad at evangelism? Dr. R. Scott Clark, who once taught Evangelism Explosion, joins Rev. Chris Gordon to talk honestly about the pressure tactics he learned as a young Southern Baptist, why he came . . . Continue reading →
Review: Against Worldview: Reimagining Christian Formation As Growth In Wisdom By Simon P. Kennedy
I have spent my teaching career in classical Christian schools, where the language of “worldview” is nearly impossible to escape. It appears in mission statements and curriculum guides, in faculty meetings and lesson plans, and in conversations about everything from literature and . . . Continue reading →
Christian Nationalism Is Still Cosplay
But if we are absolutely no closer in 2026 to enacting anything resembling a Christian nationalist agenda, it is hard to see the conversation as little more than an unnecessary distraction at this point. Not that Christians engaging in politics is a . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Did We Come to Faith? (Part Five)
In this episode, Dr. Clark reminds us that God’s answer to our sin is the “golden chain,” found in Romans 8:28 – 30. Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Did We Come to Faith? (Part Four)
In this episode, Dr. Clark says that free choice might not mean what you is does. He discusses three approaches on how the church has historically tried to explain free choice, and gives us a distinction between free choice and free will. Continue reading →
Ralph Erskine On What It Means To Be Dead To The Law
If this marriage be made up between Christ and you, then you have put away all lovers besides Christ; the right hand will be cut off, the right eye will be put out; you will be divorced from all other husbands, particularly . . . Continue reading →
Looking For The Kingdom Of God (Part 2)
Jesus says, “The kingdom of God is in the midst of you” (Luke 17:21). In his coming, living, dying, rising, and ascending, he inaugurated the kingdom in its new covenant form. By the power of his Spirit, those who are in him . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: How Did We Come to Faith? (Part Three)
In this Heidelminicast, Dr. Clark continues the series, “How Did We Come to Faith?” considering how sons and daughters of Adam, dead in their sins and trespasses, come to believe in Jesus. In this episode, he discusses God’s predestinating, sovereign grace. Continue reading →
Three Hundred Cases From Calvin’s Geneva: Notes On Building A Case File
On a Thursday morning in Calvin’s Geneva, a person could be summoned to the Auditoire, the lecture hall beside St. Pierre Cathedral where the church court met and asked to account for a wedding feast with dancing that had run past midnight. . . . Continue reading →
Trueman On Trinity, Sola Scriptura, And Tradition
The twentieth-century Reformation scholar Heiko Oberman makes a very helpful distinction between what he calls “Tradition One” and “Tradition Two.” He claims that you cannot read the Reformation as a blanket rejection of tradition, because there are different kinds of tradition. Tradition . . . Continue reading →
Riddlebarger On “One Holy, Catholic, And Apostolic Faith”
There are four classical attributes of the church found in the Creed and embraced in different forms/ways across various Christian traditions: These attributes are 1). Unity, 2). Holiness, 3). Catholicity, and 4). Apostolicity. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and the Reformation churches . . . Continue reading →
Get Married, Have Children (Part 1)
In the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 70s, in the midst of the Vietnam War, it became a truism among young people that the world was a too polluted, too violent, and too dangerous place in which to bring . . . Continue reading →